Glove-tree.



No. 647,452. Patented Apr. |0 ,'|9oo.

H. s. & J. n. moonv GLOVE TREE.

(Application filed July 11, 1899.)

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HANNAH S. MOODY AND JOSEPH N. MOODY, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA; SAID JOSEPH N.MOODY ASSIGNOR TO SAID HANNAH S. MOODY.

GLOVE-TREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,452, dated April10, 1900.

Application filed July 17, 1899- Serial No. 724,131. (No model.)

To a ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HANNAH S. MOODY and JOSEPH N. MOODY, citizens ofthe United States of America, and residents of Atlanta, in the county ofFulton and State of Georgia, have made a certain new and useful Improvement in Fillers for Cleaning Gloves; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to.

invention being to provide a device of this class in which the glovewill be filled, but not distorted, and every portion of the exteriorsurface of the glove be exposed to easy access with a cleaning-sponge.

To these ends the invention consists of the device hereinafter fullyspecified and claimed. In the accompanying'drawings, Figure 1 is a sideView, and Fig. 2 is an elevation, of the device. j

In the figureslike reference characters are uniformly employed in thedesignation of the corresponding elements of construction.

A is the handle, and B is the filler proper, which consists of fiveprojections 17, corresponding in relative position to a slight degree tothe natural hand, but differing therefrom, upon close observation, to avery considerable extent, as is required to expose the entire surface ofthe glove to the action of the sponge in such a position that saidsponge may be held in the fingers and rubbed over the surface with theproper light elastic touch and to receive the glove and hold it in itsdampened condition without stretching or straining any part of it orpermitting it to shrink. For this reason we have made all of the saidprojections 19 parallel and olfset from each other, as shown in thedrawings, and of a distance apart as large as possible not to undulystretch or strain the glove. As shown in Fig. 1, in which the first andsecond fingers are shown plainly, the entire surface of the sides of theprojections b, and consequently the glove fingers, is exposed and easyof access without touching the next glove-finger with the sponge, andthis is the case with each of the several finger projections 1), saidprojections 19 being so arranged that no one lies in the same plane asthecontiguous one, but all are axially parallel. It is to be noted thatthe same object cannot be accomplished by making a facsimile of thehuman hand with the fingers spread apart. If a filler should be so made,it is obvious that a glove could not be placed upon the same withoutundue stretching. By constructing the filler with the finger projectionsa considerable distance apart and at the same time substantiallyparallel not only can the cleaning-sponge be readily inserted betweenthe inner ends of the finger projections, but the glove can be easilyplaced upon the filler without undue stretching.

Fillers for cleaning gloves simulating to some extent the human handhave been made. In these fillers, however, the thumb-piece is mademovable and adjustable to permit the placing of the glove on the fillerwithout undue stretching. In the device in the present instance thesimulation of the human hand is quite close and the parts comprising theform are relatively immovable. The movable finger-piece is done awaywith. Its use is avoided by making all the digital projec tionssubstantially parallel and at the same time with the necessaryseparation to permit cleaning between the fingers of the glove.

It is obvious that the device can be used for purposes other thancleaning gloves. For instance, it can be used in repairing gloves.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- A filler forcleaning gloves having relatively-immovable parts and consisting of afilling-body having a shape closely simulating the human hand, but withall the digital projections including the thumb considerably separatedand parallel." I

In testimony whereof we hereunto afIiX our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

HANNAH S. MOODY. JOSEPH N. MOODY.

Witnesses:

A. A. MEYER, .INo. T. THOMPSON.

